Team Members

We thought you might like to know a bit about who you are supporting so we will feature a brief bio of each of us. That way when you see us whizzing by on the road, you’ll know who to cheer for. Or who likes to eat ribs in their pajamas. Or who loves reality television. Or who is a “gleek”. You get the picture…

To keep it easy on everyone, we had our team answer the same questions:

Name

Hometown

What you do to pay the bills

Running shoes- brand and style

What legs of the race you are running

What is the most played song on your iPod right now

Guilty pleasure

Anything else you want to add

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First up – Patrick.

Name: Patrick Barker

Hometown: Morehead, KY

Pays the bills by working at State Farm

Runs in Mizuno Wave Riders

Will be running like the wind on legs 4, 16, 28

Most played songs on his iPod right are actually several songs from Glee

Anything else you want to add: I credit running for all the good decisions I’ve made in life; and for helping me process, heal, and forget all the bad ones!! :)

Amy (on the right) with Bono (with the fur)

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Batting next – Tony Jackson.

Name: Tony Jackson

Hometown: Lexington, KY

What you do to pay the bills: Recruiter at the University of Kentucky

Running shoes: Asics

Furiously running legs 10, 22 and 34

Most played song on iPod is currently a KSR podcst

Guilty pleasure: He’s a GLEEK!

Tony Tony Tony- has done it again…

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Number one in our hearts… Amy Jones!

Name: Amy Jones

Hometown: Morehead, KY

She pays the bills by being a Video producer/editor/writer for UK Public Relations and Marketing

Running shoes: Asics Gel Kahana 2 (I had no idea this was it until I just looked, just being honest)

She can be seen running like a crazy woman!

The most played song on her iPod right now is “This Club Can’t Even Handle Me Right Now” (is that even the title, I don’t know but it makes me run faster)

Guilty pleasure: E Documentaries (great entertainment while running on the treadmill) (seriously, the Snookie doc got me through 4 miles the other day when I felt like I couldn’t go on) *fist pump*

Anything else? I once stalked 1996 NCAA Champion Mark Pope…I sent him socks, I “ran into” him at Wildcat Lodge. I was only 16, to be fair…and would never do that to a UK player today at age 31…never…well, maybe…

Danger is her middle name.

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Meet Prim Wathen- our fearless leader (team captain, whatever)

Name : Primster, LP, PW, Proper, Lucy or just plain Prim – which is never really plain!!!

Hometown: I’ve lived a few places: Kansas City, Missouri, Mobile, Alabama and Charleston, South Carolina, to name a few.

I pay the bills with my words. PR guru at University of Kentucky’s Office of Public Relations and Marketing, Marketing Assistant at Bourbon & Beans design, marketing and business consulting and freelance writer with Business Lexington

Running shoes: I need to get to John’s Run/Walk Shop, actually.

She can be seen running legs: in short-shorts.

The most played song on her iPod right now is: “Home” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

5. What legs on the race? Leg 2, 14, and 26. I’ll be throwing up toward the end of Leg 14. (check back on the blog for this Kodak moment!)

6. Most played song on iPod: “Playing With Fire,” by Brandon Flowers

7. Guilty Pleasure: Anything having to do with Batman. Or Indiana Jones. Or Alfred Hitchcock. Or Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Actually, I have a fairly raging guilt-complex, so I generally under the assumption that I should be embarrassed about anything that brings me pleasure.

8. Anything Else: Will bourbon be offered during the Bourbon Chase?

This is his serious face.

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Say Hello to Molly Dabney

Name: Molly Dabney

Hometown: Grand Haven, Michigan

What you do to pay the bills: I am currently on a teaching hiatus. (Don’t talk about bills.)

Running shoes: Brooks and I have no idea what style they are…just what the guy at John’s told me to buy!

She can be seen running legs 12, 24 and 36 (she’s our big finish!)

The most played song on her iPod right now: “It’s old school right now with OAR’s “Crazy Game of Poker”

Guilty pleasure: Chardonnay and Weeds ( the tv show)

She's a mom on the run!

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Meet Stephen Barnett, head of our morale department!

Name: Stephen Lee Barnett, Jr. or Stevie to my nieces and nephew

Hometown: Versailles, KY

Pays the bills by working at the state’s flagship with recruitment, advising conferences, campus visits and residency – on the side I serve as President of the Collegiate Information & Visitor Services Association (CIVSA), only the best organization in the world!

What is the most played song on your iPod right now: Oh gosh… it would have to be a mix of songs… probably a little something by Lady Antebellum mixed in with some Melissa Etheridge and a dash of Whitney Houston and Sugarland – have really gotten the song “You and Tequila” stuck in my head quite a bit lately…

Name: Catherine Hayden (answers to Cat, CJH or Momma- most of the time)

Hometown: Born in Edmond, OK; grew up in Maysville, KY; lived in Lexington, KY since college- take your pick

Pays the bills by being a font nerd (graphic designer, whatever) at the University of Kentucky.

Runs slowly and prefers downhill in Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10s.

Can be seen running legs 3, 15 and 27 (here’s the description of Leg 27: Most of this leg runs along a very narrow road and crosses a bridge
HIGH above the KY River. In fact, the railroad bridge to your right is known as High Bridge because at the time it was built, it was the highest
railroad bridge in America.) Wait. What?

What is the most played song on your iPod right now: B.O.B. “Nothin’ On You” but only because it got stuck on repeat during a long-ish run. It has since been removed because I can’t stand it anymore. However I can’t stand not having music even more so I HAD to listen.